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APRIL 11, 2024

One of the great highlights of a:head’s work has been the ability to observe disease-specific phenotypes and profile clinically used therapeutics for their ability to alter neuronal network activity. The post How to develop drugs for neurological diseases | Insights from Josh Bagley first appeared on ELRIG.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Over the past 25 years, T-cell therapies have gained significant ground in the treatment of cancer. Preclinical research on γδ T cells has made great strides since the cells were first identified in the 1980s, with γδ T-cell therapies from several companies, including IN8bio, now in or nearing clinical trials for various cancers.

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JUNE 21, 2023

Most rare diseases are caused by a single gene defect, but severity can vary considerably among patients. Modifier genes can help explain that variability and can alter or even prevent disease onset and progression, making them appealing therapeutic targets. However, the identification of these genes is challenging.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

a biotechnology company developing cell and gene therapy treatments for patients suffering from vascular disease, today announced that it raised up to $5.5M that will lead clinical testing of a novel gene therapy for a serious vascular disease in Europe. MIAMI, Jan. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ambulero, Inc. ,

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Advarra

AUGUST 8, 2023

Gene therapy research is booming in the clinical setting. In this blog, we summarize the growth, risks, and regulatory requirements for gene therapy research. Defining the Boom in Gene Therapy Research The gene therapy field is experiencing explosive growth in today’s competitive research environment.

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PLOS: DNA Science

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In the final chapter of my 2012 book The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It , I predicted that the technology would soon expand well beyond the rare disease world. Gene therapy clearly hasn’t had a major impact on health care, offering extremely expensive treatments for a few individuals with rare diseases.

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MAY 18, 2023

In sickle cell disease, however, this function is impaired, leading to a range of potential health consequences. The irregularly shaped and sticky red blood cells produced by the disease can obstruct small blood vessels, causing recurring painful attacks. Kutlar says the possibilities of this additional therapy are exciting.

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Advarra

AUGUST 10, 2023

Rapid growth in gene therapy is expected to receive additional support as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) prepares to launch Operation Warp Speed for Rare Diseases. Now, FDA’s CBER is setting its sights on making ambitious strides toward tackling rare diseases.

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Broad Institute

JULY 10, 2024

A three-drug cocktail known as Trikafta has greatly improved patient quality of life since its development in 2019, but can cause cataracts and liver damage and must be taken daily at a cost of about $300,000 per year. There are more than 2,000 known variants of the CFTR gene, 700 of which cause disease.

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Advarra

AUGUST 16, 2022

A rare, or orphan, disease by definition affects a small percentage of the population — fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. But the numbers add up, and taken together, rare diseases impact an estimated 30 million Americans. Since then, the FDA has significantly changed its approach to rare and orphan diseases.

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JUNE 2, 2022

New multi-program collaboration to develop allogeneic TCR-T/CAR-T programs brings together Immatics’ allogeneic gamma delta T cell therapy platform ACTallo ® with Bristol Myers Squibb’s technologies and oncology drug development expertise. Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Immatics. “We FRCP, D.Phil.,

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JUNE 1, 2022

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to efanesoctocog alfa (BIVV001) for the treatment of people with hemophilia A, a rare and life-threatening bleeding disorder, based on data from the pivotal XTEND-1 P hase 3 stud y.

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JULY 2, 2023

The new approach in cancer therapy with innovative mechanism-of-action for ferroptosis induction A team of researchers led by Dr. Marcus Conrad from Helmholtz Munich discovered a novel anti-cancer drug, called icFSP1, which sensitizes cancer cells to ferroptosis. Source link: [link]

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MAY 31, 2022

the completion of enrollment of its Phase 1 (Ph1), open-label trial of pluripotent stem cell-derived dopaminergic neurons in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). of BRT-DA01 in patients with Parkinson’s disease.?. Utilizing these cell therapies to replace damaged or degenerated tissue brings the potential to restore lost function.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 25, 2021

this week announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) approved Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel: liso-cel), a CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma 1 and R/R follicular lymphoma. Bristol Myers Squibb K.K.

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Agency IQ

MAY 17, 2024

The Creating Hope Reauthorization Act would reauthorize the FDA’s Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher program. The markup hearing comes three months after the E&C Committee last held a hearing on 18 bills related to rare diseases, including all four of the above-mentioned bills. DORIS MATSUI (D-Calif.)

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JANUARY 12, 2021

In December, life sciences giant Bayer launched a cell and gene therapy platform within its pharmaceutical division in order to become a leading company within a rapidly emerging and evolving field that offers the potential of life-saving therapies. Photo courtesy of Bayer.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Corlieve’s lead program employs a novel AAV gene therapy approach for the treatment of refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), the most commonly diagnosed focal epilepsy in humans. Maryland , US), a leading gene therapy company. Maryland , US), a leading gene therapy company. PARIS , Nov.

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Drug Target Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Most targeted cancer therapies used today operate by inhibiting targets along well-known oncogenic signalling cascades. The reactivation of oncogenic signalling upstream or downstream of the driving oncogene is a well-studied source of resistance to targeted cancer therapies.

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APRIL 19, 2022

Kite’s Global CAR T-Cell Therapy Manufacturing Network Increasing Capacity by 50% to Meet Patient Demand for New Cancer Therapies. — Scalable and Adaptable Facility Provides Flexibility for Current and Future Cell Therapy Innovation. The site will produce Kite’s FDA approved CAR T-cell therapy used to treat blood cancer.

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JUNE 9, 2023

This exclusive interview with Dr Sharon Benzeno, Chief Commercial Officer, Immune Medicine at Adaptive Biotechnologies, unveils some ground-breaking research on T- cell therapy for cancer , which has seen the first TCR-based therapeutic candidate progress to clinical development, offering promising advancements in innovative cancer treatments.

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JANUARY 17, 2021

18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Aruvant Sciences, a private company focused on developing gene therapies for rare diseases, and Lonza announced today their agreement in support of ARU-1801, Aruvant’s one-time investigational gene therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD). NEW YORK , Jan.

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Codon

JULY 27, 2023

CNGA3-achromatopsia is a hereditary disease that causes people to see in shades of gray. But what happens if you restore these cone cells, using gene therapy? They’re talking about a patient who has a rare genetic disease. approved a gene therapy for hemophilia A for the first time. From Sulis D.B. in Science.

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Codon

JULY 27, 2023

CNGA3-achromatopsia is a hereditary disease that causes people to see in shades of gray. But what happens if you restore these cone cells, using gene therapy? They’re talking about a patient who has a rare genetic disease. approved a gene therapy for hemophilia A for the first time. From Sulis D.B. in Science.

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Broad Institute

OCTOBER 23, 2024

They knew that discovering the genetic cause of her disorder would help them find other people like her, help get the condition formally recognized as a new disease, and help them better advocate for research into new treatments. This is the first human disease caused by loss of one copy of a lncRNA gene.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

The agreement covers the gene therapy program targeting OTOF (OTOF-GT), the gene encoding the otoferlin protein. The agreement covers the gene therapy program targeting OTOF (OTOF-GT), the gene encoding the otoferlin protein. Mutations in OTOF lead to severe or profound congenital hearing loss. About Sensorion.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved EYSUVIS for the short-term treatment of dry eye disease. . adults have been diagnosed with dry eye disease, a chronic, episodic, multifactorial disease. It also increases your risk for inflamed cornea, cornea eye disease, corneal ulcers and injuries, and eye infections. .

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Based on the Phase 2 study findings to date, marstacimab may have the potential to offer improved bleed control via subcutaneous injection and potentially eliminate the need for prophylactic factor replacement, providing an enhanced treatment option compared to factor replacement therapy.”. In September 2019, the U.S. About Hemophilia.

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Rare Disease Day on February 28th is a chance for rare disease communities to come together as one and join in conversation with stakeholders searching for treatments, raising money to support research, and changing the way healthcare and governments interact with patients. In my case, my daughter Iris has GM1 gangliosidosis.

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 7, 2021

Sutimlimab, a first-in-class investigational C1s inhibitor, has the potential to be the first approved treatment for hemolysis in adults with cold agglutinin disease, a serious and chronic autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Sutimlimab has the potential to address a major unmet medical need for people with cold agglutinin disease.”.

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Drug Target Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

There have been several studies that have reported the ability of infectious disease agents to be drug resistant. Infectious agent includes bacteria, virus, fungi, and parasites, and they are capable of causing disease in a living organism. They could be spread by physical contact, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, or vector-borne.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

Dry AMD is one of the leading causes of vision loss globally and gene therapies hold tremendous promise for this disease. Delivering gene therapy directly to the site of disease through a subretinal injection is a proven approach; however, the current method requires a vitrectomy. at Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston.

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Broad Institute

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This work provides a biological foundation for testing more targeted therapies for myocarditis due to an immune checkpoint inhibitor. Carol’s breast cancer diagnosis and related immunotherapy treatment brought her to the SIC Service at MGH in 2019, where she stayed for two weeks after developing myocarditis. “I

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JULY 22, 2021

NOTE: ADUHELM TM (aducanumab-avwa)injection 100 mg/mL solutionis indicated for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Treatment with ADUHELM should be initiated in patients with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia stage of disease, the population in which treatment was initiated in clinical trials.

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Alta Sciences

APRIL 17, 2024

Psychedelics Psychedelic therapy (or psychedelic-assisted therapy) refers to the use of psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, ketamine, and ayahuasca, to treat mental disorders, especially those that have no effective treatments available or are treatment resistant.

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DrugBank

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The FDA's accelerated approval pathways, such as the Breakthrough Therapy designation and the Priority Review program, have shortened development timelines and reduced costs for certain drugs, making them more attractive acquisition targets. However, such acquisitions also entail significant risks for biotech firms.

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PLOS: DNA Science

APRIL 18, 2024

Clues to combatting a devastating disease can come from identifying people who have gene variants – mutations – that protect them, by slowing the illness or lowering the risk that it develops in the first place. Gene #1: The Famous Case of Aliria from the Colombian Family In 2019. Quiroz, Ph.D., Quiroz, Ph.D.,

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